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Per Abrahamsen writes:
>
>William Perry <wmperry@aventail.com> writes:
>
>> Brent B. Powers writes:
>>
>> >Wouldn't it be lovely if one could have a custom-file attached to
>> >particular customization groups? {ahem, hint, hint}  In that way, I
>> >could have my gnus stuff go to either .custom or .gnus, my
>> >customization stuff go to .custom, et alia
>> 
>>   Ohhh ohhh - I like this idea.
>
>Guess I have to explain *why* it would be a major bother, then. 
>
>Using groups would be the wrong mechanism.  Each customization option
>can belong to any number of groups, from zero and upward.  The same is
>true for the groups, so the result is not a nice hierarchy, but a
>directed graph.  It can even be cyclic.
>
>One add an extra keyword argument to defcustom and defface indicating
>for each option which file they belong to, but that would be a lot of
>extra work for the customizer, for no gain I can see.
>
>> -Bill "Thinking about making W3 use defcustom" Perry
>
>Are you willing to make Red Gnus a prerequisite for w3?

  Well, it _is_ beta. :)

-Bill P.